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By Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. And. Back for one day only then back behind closed doors. The pilot scheme for crowds at doncasters st leger festival is halted over coronavirus fears. Good afternoon and welcome to our special coverage of the downing street coronavirus briefing, where the Prime Minister is due to give further details of the restrictions on social gatherings announced for england earlier today. He will bejoine...

Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello, and welcome to monday in parliament. Testing times for ministers as 16,000 positive covid test results go missing. This isntjust a shambles, it is so much worse than that than this. And it gives me no comfort to say it. But it is putting lives at risk. Justice for postmasters wrongly convicted of fraud, but questions remain. How did a respectable organisation like the post office, a Major Software company like fujitsu, and the greater...

0n the us campaign trail, donald trump promises a great red wave, as his rivaljoe biden calls the president a conman. And coming up, after more than 200 days in hospital, the moment one patient is allowed home after being treated for coronavirus. Thank you is not enough. They save my life. Hello, good afternoon. Its emerged that the four migrants who died yesterday when their boat sank in the channel, were members of a kurdish iranian family. Their 15 month old boy is still missing. Theyve been ...

12,406a hospitals across the uk compared to 12,406 a week ago. 1219 patients are 110w 12,406 a week ago. 1219 patients are now in mechanical ventilation beds compared to 1142 a week ago. Sadly, another 595 deaths within 28 days of another 595 deaths within 28 days of a positive test work reported yesterday. The seven day average daily number of deaths each day in the uk within 28 days of a positive test by date reported is now 375, up from 295 a week ago. Our thoughts are very much with the fami...

To visit residents in all care homes in england before christmas after successful trials for Rapid Testing of visitors. A warning from patients and staff at a hospital in an area with the highest covid rate in the uk. It is here. And this is very busy. I personally dont cope well ina busy. I personally dont cope well in a lockdown situation, i hate every minute of it, but id be the first to say restrictions are not tight enough because were getting many patients coming in. And 19 million nhs den...

Now its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where borisjohnson self isolates after a coronavirus contact, but rejects suggestions theres not enough financial help for other people forced to stay at home. I do think its a reasonable package mr speaker, i know its tough for people who have to self isolate. But the labour leader says people are having to live on £13 a day sick pay. If you cant afford to isolate, theres little point in being...

The headlines. A tougher three tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the lockdown ends in ten days time, but therell be a relaxation over christmas. Pubs and restaurants in england could be allowed to stay open longer, with an easing of the 10pm curfew. The nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but the chancellor warns of tough times ahead for the economy, as the country deals with the consequences of the pandemic. The economy is experiencing significa...

The week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament where borisjohnson self isolates after a coronavirus contact, but rejects suggestions theres not enough financial help for other people forced to stay at home. I do think its a reasonable package mr speaker, i know its tough for people who have to self isolate. But the labour leader says people are having to live on £13 a day sick pay. If you cant afford to isolate, theres little point in being tested or traced. Scotlands firs...

At the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where borisjohnson self isolates after a coronavirus contact, but rejects suggestions theres not enough financial help for other people forced to stay at home. I do think its a reasonable package, mr speaker. I know its tough for people who have to self isolate. But the labour leader says people are having to live on £13 a day sick pay. If you cant afford to isolate, theres little point in being tested or traced. Scotlands...

And a closing time curfew for pubs and restaurants will be eased. We will be in downing street as soon as that News Conference gets under way. The Prime Minister is, of course, self isolating right now so he will be appearing by video link in the News Conference. Then in the news c0 nfe re nce in the News Conference. Then in the News Conference itself, we will be expecting to see professor chris whitty and Andrew Pollard from the oxford vaccine group. They have been rightly proud of what they ha...